Who was Agustín Escobar? Siemens CEO killed with family in NYC helicopter crash

A sightseeing trip over New York turned tragic on Thursday after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people — including a high-profile executive of Siemens, one of Europe’s largest technology firms.Agustín Escobar died in the crash alongside his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three children, aged 4, 5, and 11, ABC […]

US National Security Breach Yemen: Revealed – How Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got his name added to Signal war chat

File photo: The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg (Picture credit: AP) A startling error by US national security adviser Mike Waltz reportedly led to The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg being mistakenly added to a top-level Signal chat discussing American strikes in Yemen. According to three unnamed sources quoted by The Guardian, the breach stemmed from a […]

‘Shame on you’: Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event disrupted by pro-Palestinian employee – watch video

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration took an unexpected turn on Friday when two employees staged pro-Palestinian protests during the company’s high-profile event, raising objections to its reported involvement with the Israeli military.The first protest occurred while Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was presenting updates on the company’s Copilot product and outlining his long-term vision. As he […]

Austin Metcalf: ​’He’s a good kid’: Father of Austin Metcalf’s alleged killer says assumptions about his son are wrong

Karmelo Anthony’s (right) father said he’s a good kid and people are making wrong assumptions about him. Amid a raging debate over whether the stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was a racial attack by Karmelo Anthony, another 17-year-old who did not know Metcalf before and attacked him on the spur of the moment, Anthony’s father […]

US tariffs: Who is Lindsey Graham? The US senator who warned of 100% duty on India, China

US Senator Lindsey Graham recently revealed that US President Donald Trump is planning to introduce steep tariffs on countries that continue to purchase Russian oil, naming India, China, and Brazil as primary targets. In an interview with Fox News, Graham said Trump intends to slap a 100% tariff on oil-related imports from these nations in […]

‘Depriving Gazans of human dignity’: Over 20 nations and EU call for immediate ceasefire, urge political roadmap for lasting peace

A group of 28 countries, along with the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, has jointly called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, warning that the humanitarian crisis has reached devastating new levels. The joint statement, shared on the official website of Australian foreign minister Penny Wong, called for an […]

Brazilian judge threatens Bolsonaro over speech shared on social media

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro shows an electronic ankle monitor that the Supreme Court ordered him to wear. (Image: AP) BRASILIA: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has threatened former president Jair Bolsonaro with imprisonment, arguing that the sharing of a speech of his by online users was a “violation” of a social media ban, according […]

‘Not the flex you think it is’: Kamala Harris mocked after presidential campaign anniversary post; critics call out ‘Biden-erasure’

Image posted by Kamala Harris on X commemorating her presidential campaign launch a year ago Social media erupted with criticism on Monday after former US Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the anniversary of her presidential campaign launch.Exactly one year ago, on July 21, then-President Joe Biden announced via social media that he would not seek […]

US-Iran strikes: Tehran admits nuclear facilities were ‘seriously damaged’; Trump warns ‘will do it again, if necessary’

Iranian nuclear infrastructure suffered “serious damage” after US missile strikes last month, but the regime has vowed to restart uranium enrichment as soon as its facilities are rebuilt, foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday. Speaking to Fox News’ Special Report, Araghchi admitted that Tehran’s enrichment programme had been halted after three major sites were […]